Occupations/17-3024.01
Robotics Technicians
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.
AI automation risk
45%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
51%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
56%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
- Task
Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- Task
Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- 02Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
- 03Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, or conveyors.
- 04Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
- 05Modify computer-controlled robot movements.
- 06Perform preventive or corrective maintenance on robotic systems or components.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.82
- Degree of automation3.38
- Time sitting2.77
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations2.50
- Hands-on objects/tools3.82
- Outdoors / weather2.64
- Disease exposure1.50
- Decision freedom4.23
Top abilities
- Deductive Reasoning4.12
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Near Vision4.00
- Inductive Reasoning4.00
- Problem Sensitivity3.88
- Oral Expression3.88
- Information Ordering3.88
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening3.75
- Writing3.25
- Speaking3.25
- Mathematics3.00
- Science2.75
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.12
- Learning Strategies3.00
- Monitoring3.12
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
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Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public | Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General 15.0000 | $7,100 | 40% | 74% | 1 yr $72,860 2 yr $63,005 Bachelor's · CIP 15.00 |
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Public | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $5,200 | 100% | 21% | 1 yr $69,338 2 yr $69,221 Bachelor's · CIP 15.03 |
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI · Private nonprofit | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $48,800 | 87% | 85% | 1 yr $66,915 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 15.03 |
Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN · Public | Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General 15.0000 | $9,900 | 77% | 58% | 1 yr $65,797 2 yr $63,005 Bachelor's · CIP 15.00 |
Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public | Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General 15.0000 | $13,200 | 63% | 83% | 1 yr $62,409 2 yr $63,463 Bachelor's · CIP 15.00 |
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $12,000 | 90% | 69% | 1 yr — 2 yr $62,260 Bachelor's · CIP 15.03 |
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public | Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General 15.0000 | $10,000 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $57,318 2 yr $62,012 Bachelor's · CIP 15.00 |
Texas State Technical College Waco, TX · Public | Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General 15.0000 | $7,200 | 100% | 45% | 1 yr $54,109 2 yr $43,798 Bachelor's · CIP 15.00 |
Century College White Bear Lake, MN · Public | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $6,000 | 100% | 31% | 1 yr $50,856 2 yr $65,332 Associate · CIP 15.03 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $50,856 2 yr $48,432 Associate · CIP 15.03 |
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public | Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0303 | $9,700 | 71% | 62% | 1 yr $42,682 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 15.03 |
University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester, MN · Public | Electromechanical/Electromechanical Engineering Technology/Technician 15.0403 | $14,200 | 72% | 73% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 15.04 |